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The songs he wrote proved popular. They included "There is a flower", "My love is like the red, red rose" (1803) "The Bells of St. Michael's Tower" (1810) "The Boatie Rows" (1810), "The Midges' Dance", and "As it fell upon a day" (1812). He also wrote "When the fair rose", a glee for which he was
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